Originally Posted by
X-Terminator
Well, it's the truth. The Korean League is a completely different league from the majors. It's an offense-heavy league, and any numbers there are inflated as a result. Kind of like a prospect tearing up the PCL, where many games are played at high altitude and the ball travels further. I am not expecting Kang to put up anything close to those numbers in the majors against way better pitching that he's ever seen in Korea, and no one else should either.
Plus, the fact that the big-market teams didn't break the bank for him should also sound warning alarms, because you'd think the Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers or one of the Chicago teams would have paid a lot more than $5 million for his rights if they thought he was another superstar-in-waiting. Though they did outbid the Cardinals, so that's something, I guess.